Newton should have been ejected, too. I reviewed the NFL’s official casebook with NBC officiating consultant Jim Daopoulos on Sunday after the Newton incident, and Daopoulos pointed out that the various provisions regarding fouls against officials have one consistent outcome — when a player makes contact with an official, the player always is ejected.

Boger, as Daopoulos surmised, likely opted not to eject Newton because Boger didn’t want to send a starting quarterback to the showers. But that shouldn’t matter, and that message likely will be communicated to all officials soon.

Newton should have gotten an IMMEDIATE ejection and anywhere from a $50,000 to $100,000 in total for fines.

The kicking of that Raider player following a legal tackle warranted at least a $25,000 fine and a minimum of $50,000 for BOTH berating that official AND headbutting while in the act of yelling at said official.

cam lovers will say that he is the next best thing even though he has only beaten 2 teams with winning records in his career and he broke records that have been shattered this year by this year of better rookie qb’s. Newton lover’s are like cowboy fans, keep hanging on to the past and never realize the present. Newton is not worth it!

rambodoggy says:Dec 27, 2012 9:21 PM

this is a much bigger offense than not playing the wildcat, yet I heard nothing about it on ESPN, let alone the 24 hr coverage tebow got.

First there are rules for Tom Brady, then rules for the other QBs and then rules for all the rest.

js

jimbo75025 says:Dec 27, 2012 9:30 PM

So Ed Reed gets a 55K fine for a perfectly legal hit-albeit a nasty one (part of the game), but gets only 21K for something that is a no-no in any sport (any contact with a referee other than shaking hands, etc)?

Tell me again where that adds up?

melikefootball says:Dec 27, 2012 9:30 PM

Cam should have been sent off the field, fined heavly and suspended for stupidity detramental to the NFL. But God-del does not want to hear from Warren Moon.

raideralex99 says:Dec 27, 2012 9:31 PM

Remember he was playing the Raiders … if he was playing any other team he would have been tossed. Seriously … The whole game was pathetic … The calls were unbelievable.

Only reason Newton was not ejected was because he is not a “Cornbread Brother”. He has no issues, he is not a republican, he does not have a white fiance, and he is really down with the cause.
Rob Parker is sure about Newton so a brother can not eject another brother from the game. Now, if it was RGIII, then ….

Got no more respect for Cam. Last year, he was a great story. This year, he’s turned into a petulant, whining, insecure, p*ssy crybaby. He scored a garbage time TD against the Giants, and did his “Superman” schtick in the end zone. What the hell is that??? BIG EGO is what that is.

Note to Cam: ACT LIKE YOU’VE BEEN THERE! He has lost his golden boy QB/Athlete status since RG3 showed up anyway…and guess what. RG3 WINS GAMES! And RG3 isn’t an A-hole! (I’m a NYG fan BTW)

The other refs can talk big and bury Boger but I doubt they would have had the stones to eject a QB either. For a bigger fine Newton probably would have had to lay hands on him.

indiantrailpanther34 says:Dec 27, 2012 10:51 PM

I guess all you Raider fans wish you had a qb as good as Newton! J. Russell he is not. As for the call, pull your heads out of your rears, look at the film again and see that the right call would have been roughing as Cam released the ball well before the hit and Mitchell hit him square on the right shoulder after Cam turned and still drove him in the ground. Right call made, there would have been no bump. Florio is an idiot too for not seeing this.

Actually, ejections come at the discretion of the ref, and the ref himself said it wasn’t malicious in nature and didn’t deserve an ejection.

As a Panthers fan, I know there’s nothing I can say to alter the mind of the Cam haters. People love to find someone to hate. So I guess all I can do is sat back and laugh while all the haters, Florio included, make asinine comments and snide remarks about a player who only appears in the news when he can be painted in a negative light. After years of hating Tom Brady for no real reason, I suppose I finally understand how the Patriot fans feel. Just gotta laugh it off. Y’all are silly.

Go watch his Mic’d up from this week if you all think he is such a bad guy.

Cam’s acting like a little baby because he’s not getting the attention that he was getting last year. RG3 and Luck came out and showed him how a real QB plays. So they’re stealing his limelight. Now he’s acting out like a child. Too bad his “superman” act is already tired. It gets old seeing him do it when he gets a new set of downs. Move on, nothing to see here. He’ll be irrelevant in a couple of years.

southcakpanther says:Dec 28, 2012 9:16 AM

@ ws3rd

Just a quick factoid. Cam is undefeated against Robert Griffon the third.

99% of the people commenting on this didn’t see the play. And Tommy Kelly had it coming. Twisting Cam’s leg after he hit him? Stay classy Raiders, some things never change.

whynotusecommonsense says:Dec 28, 2012 9:23 AM

As a Raider fan I don’t have a huge issue with the bumping of the official. He got flagged and fined who cares that he wasn’t ejected, it wouldn’t have helped the Raiders score.

I do have a huge issue with Cam kicking Tommy Kelly and Kelly getting the flag. That and all the other BS roughing/illegal hit calls on both teams.

If anyone should have been ejected and fined it’s Boger and his crew. Pathetic that there is no accountability for referees.

bspurloc says:Dec 28, 2012 9:33 AM

It wasn’t intentional he jumped up with rage thinking he was hit late and the ref right there he accidentally chest bumped him. He should have immediately apologized but didnt.
I thought he was going to be ejected for it cuz that is what happens accident or not, the rage caused the accident.

The Cam apologists are hilarious. His post game press conferences are all you need to know about this guy. He is extremely talented, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that he is a spolied, petulant child. He needs to mature in a big way-being a 6’6″ 250lb man-child is no way to act.

He should’ve been ejected twice- you panther fans need to shake yourself.

Also, until Cam gets you to the SB, he is no better than Jake Delhomme. Don’t forget that.

RGIII has made Cam Newton something of the past. Now not only does he lose games but he’s a petty, petulant lil biyatch and while the Panthers may have beat the Raiders, Cam Newton lost big that day. This will cost him a lot more than $50k in endorsements and potentially millions. Good.

first of all, in this BS NFL this was a fair fine for Cam, even though he obviously didn’t mean to and immediately apologized for it.

I am kinda suprised none of the raiders were fined for admitting they were trying to knock Cam out of the game. Isnt that what this whole Bountygate thing was about.

and as far as him kicking Kelly ( a man who was ejected earlier this season for getting into a fight on field) clearly tried twisting his knee on the bottom of the pile before Cam kicked him off

tarheelpirate says:Dec 28, 2012 2:15 PM

And Chargers’ fans–you are no better than Raiders’ fans. I don’t want to hear a peep from Chargers’ fans about QB play, because I would take Palmer, Leinart, and Pryor over Philip Rivers. What an overrated waste of space that guy is. The Chargers and Raiders should draft a QB this year. Good luck.